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<p><b>Washington Irving</b> (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "<a href="page.php?w=Rip_Van_Winkle">Rip Van Winkle</a>" (1819) and "<a href="page.php?w=The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a>" (1820), both of which appear in his collection <a href="page.php?w=The_Sketch_Book_of_Geoffrey_Crayon%2C_Gent.">The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.</a> His historical works include biographies of</p><p>
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